2025 European Tour

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2025 European Tour season
Duration21 November 2024 (2024-11-21) – 16 November 2025 (2025-11-16)
Number of official events42 [a]
2024
2026

The 2025 European Tour, titled as the 2025 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the 54th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

Contents

It is the fourth season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with DP World that was announced in November 2021. [1]

Changes for 2025

The initial part of the schedule was announced in August 2024, with the "Opening Swing" events confirmed. [2] Tournaments in Australia and Southern Africa were confirmed, with the return of the Nedbank Golf Challenge, which had not been part of the 2024 season due to scheduling changes. [3] The Joburg Open and the Investec South African Open Championship were dropped from the Opening Swing, being rescheduled to March. [4] The remainder of the schedule was announced in November 2024. [5] [6] As part of the announcement, it was confirmed that the Turkish Open and Austrian Open would return to the schedule for the first time since 2019 and 2021, respectively.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2025 season. [12]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)
R2D
points
Winner [b] OWGR
points
Other
tours [c]
Notes
24 Nov BMW Australian PGA Championship AustraliaA$2,000,0003,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elvis Smylie (1)13.03 ANZ
1 Dec ISPS Handa Australian Open AustraliaA$1,700,0003,000 Flag of the United States.svg Ryggs Johnston (1)13.56 ANZ
8 Dec Nedbank Golf Challenge South Africa6,000,0004,000 Flag of the United States.svg Johannes Veerman (2)20.90 AFR
15 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship South Africa€1,500,0003,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Shaun Norris (2)17.78 AFR
22 Dec AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius1,500,0003,000Flag placeholder.svg AFR
19 Jan Hero Dubai Desert Classic UAE9,000,0008,000Flag placeholder.svg Rolex Series
26 Jan Ras Al Khaimah Championship UAE2,500,0003,500Flag placeholder.svg
2 Feb Bahrain Championship Bahrain2,500,0003,500Flag placeholder.svg
9 Feb Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Qatar2,500,0003,500Flag placeholder.svg
23 Feb Magical Kenya Open Kenya2,500,0003,500Flag placeholder.svg
2 Mar Investec South African Open Championship South Africa1,500,0003,000Flag placeholder.svg AFR
9 Mar Joburg Open South AfricaR20,500,0003,000Flag placeholder.svg AFR
23 Mar Porsche Singapore Classic Singapore2,500,0003,500Flag placeholder.svg
30 Mar Hero Indian Open India2,250,0003,500Flag placeholder.svg PGTI
13 Apr Masters Tournament United States10,000Flag placeholder.svg100 Major championship
20 Apr Volvo China Open China2,500,0003,500Flag placeholder.svg CHN
27 AprTBCAsiaFlag placeholder.svg
11 May Turkish Open Turkey2,700,0003,500Flag placeholder.svg
18 May PGA Championship United States10,000Flag placeholder.svg100 Major championship
25 May Soudal Open Belgium2,500,0003,500Flag placeholder.svg
1 Jun Austrian Alpine Open Austria2,000,0003,500Flag placeholder.svg
8 Jun KLM Open Netherlands2,500,0003,500Flag placeholder.svg
15 Jun U.S. Open United States10,000Flag placeholder.svg100 Major championship
29 Jun Italian Open Italy3,000,0003,500Flag placeholder.svg
6 Jul BMW International Open Germany2,500,0003,500Flag placeholder.svg
13 Jul Genesis Scottish Open Scotland9,000,0008,000Flag placeholder.svg PGAT Rolex Series
13 Jul ISCO Championship United States3,500Flag placeholder.svg PGAT
20 Jul The Open Championship Northern Ireland10,000Flag placeholder.svg100 Major championship
20 Jul Barracuda Championship United States3,500Flag placeholder.svg PGAT
10 Aug D+D Real Czech Masters Czech RepublicCancelled [11]
10 AugTBCEurope3,500Flag placeholder.svg
17 Aug Danish Golf Championship Denmark2,500,0003,500Flag placeholder.svg
24 Aug Betfred British Masters England3,500,0005,000Flag placeholder.svg
31 Aug Omega European Masters Switzerland3,250,0005,000Flag placeholder.svg
7 Sep Amgen Irish Open Ireland6,000,0005,000Flag placeholder.svg
14 Sep BMW PGA Championship England9,000,0008,000Flag placeholder.svg Rolex Series
21 Sep FedEx Open de France France3,250,0005,000Flag placeholder.svg
5 Oct Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Scotland5,000,0005,000Flag placeholder.svg
12 Oct Acciona Open de España Spain3,250,0005,000Flag placeholder.svg
19 OctTBCEurope5,000Flag placeholder.svg
26 Oct Genesis Championship South Korea4,000,0005,000Flag placeholder.svg KOR
9 Nov Abu Dhabi Championship UAE9,000,0009,000Flag placeholder.svgPlayoff event [d]
16 Nov DP World Tour Championship UAE10,000,00012,000Flag placeholder.svgPlayoff event [d]

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentHost countryPurseWinners OWGR
points
Notes
12 Jan Team Cup UAEn/aFlag placeholder.svgn/aTeam event
28 Sep Ryder Cup United Statesn/aFlag placeholder.svgn/aTeam event

Notes

  1. One further tournament was cancelled.
  2. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members.
  3. AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; CHN − China Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
  4. 1 2 Also a Rolex Series tournament.

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